McCartney Revisits ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ Live (Premiere)

Although Paul McCartney continues to add dates to his Out There tour starting next month, it’s not the only live set the former Beatle is involved with this spring: he’s reissuing “Wings Over America,” the live album culled from his 1976 North America tour with Wings. Today Speakeasy premieres a live, remastered version of “Maybe I’m Amazed.” Originally released as a radio-only promotional single in 1976, this version of the song will be available Saturday as a 12-inch vinyl single as part of Record Store Day.

The re-released “Wings Over America” will come in standard CD and vinyl editions, as well as a deluxe edition that includes the original album remastered on two CDs, a bonus disc of songs recorded live at the Cow Palace in San Francisco and a DVD of the TV special “Wings Over the World,” along with photographs, replica memorabilia, a book of sketches by artist Humphrey Ocean and a 110-page tour book.

The “Wings Over America” reissue is due May 28 on Hear Music/Concord Group. The U.S. leg of McCartney’s Out There tour begins May 18 in Orlando.

What do you think of this remastered live version of “Maybe I’m Amazed?” Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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